Great black hope

a novel

Great black hope

a novel
Rob Franklin
Book - 2025

A young Black man is caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy a friend's mysterious death and his own arrest.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franklin, Robert Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Summit Books, 2025.
Edition:First Summit Books hardcover edition.
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520 |a An arrest for cocaine possession in the Hamptons on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a young queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not. It's just weeks after the death of his beloved roommate Elle, a glamorous member of the Black elite, and he's still reeling from the tabloid spectacle--as well as the lingering questions of how well he really knew his closest friend and what exactly happened to her that night. He flees to his hometown of Atlanta, but the weight of expectations from his family of doctors, lawyers, and college presidents only pushes him further into his downward spiral. When his close friend Carolyn goes off the rails, Smith decides to return to New York to find out what happened to her and Elle. But it's not long before he begins to lose himself to his old life, drawn back into the city's underworld where his search for answers may end up costing him his freedom and his future. Smith goes on a dizzying journey through the New York City nightlife circuit, anonymous recovery rooms, Atlanta's Black society set, police investigations and courtroom dramas, and a circle of friends coming of age in a new era. Great Black Hope is a propulsive, glittering story about what it means to exist between worlds, to be upwardly mobile yet spiraling downward, and how to find a way back to hope. 
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